M.I.A.’s Aesthetical Warfare – Ahsan Butt
Thursday, April 30, 2015 11:04 — 0 Comments
I. Bucky Done Gun blitzed The Wedge on MuchMusic. I couldn’t understand what I was seeing or hearing. The trumpets sounded out into a memory though. That brown girl with the trumpets, I remembered, almost a year later.
Ghouls Gone Wild: The Haunted Pubs Of Pioneer Square
Monday, April 27, 2015 10:44 — 0 Comments
I met Natalie (my Safety Monitor) at The J&M Cafe: a busy, wood and brass cantina beneath a crumbling tin-ceiling. It was the first stop on the Spooked In Seattle, Haunted Pub Tour and the first watering hole for the evening’s spirits. She wasn’t alone… a stocky-rockabilly was leaning over her table. Natalie can take care of herself, but I don’t like strangers and wasn’t sure whether I was going to have to deal with this guy all night. Thank god he was only the waiter, but there was a sinister aura about him that hinted toward the macabre. I’m not sure […]
Three Songs To The Head vol. 29
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 10:54 — 0 Comments
Hello and welcome back to Three Songs to the Head where we share three songs that moved us, three songs we love, three songs we can’t get out of our heads! Today, we’re featuring Fog People, Robb Benson and Industrial Revelation. Enjoy! –Jake Uitti “My Turn” by Fog People feels like an 80’s challenge. It’s as if I just had a frozen French bread pizza, watched The Breakfast Club and now I have to rock out next to some nice ladies in leggings. The jam is energizing, mesmerizing and forceful. Challenge accepted, I will head bang! Amidst dancing I […]
One Day in the City of the Future – Shaun Scott
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 13:32 — 0 Comments
Slight by skyscraper standards, Seattle’s Space Needle stands 605 feet near the eastern shore of Elliot Bay: two-thirds as tall as the Eiffel Tower, and no match for the 1776-foot Freedom Tower built in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. But the building has cut a formidable figure as a civic symbol since its construction in 1962. The Space Needle has been celebrated: its alabaster color appears pristine when plastered on broadcasts of Monday Night Football, in Macklemore’s music videos, in the critically acclaimed films of Seattle-based directors Megan Griffiths and Lynn Shelton. And it has […]
WITH NO ASHBERRY BEADS – Valery Petrovskiy
Tuesday, April 14, 2015 11:32 — 0 Comments
We had no fish with us when we came back, so I can just recall woods with red trees on the way home from a stream that day. They said, a fox inhabited the woods then, I wasn’t sure, yet if he were there, one wouldn’t be able to hunt after it in the trees brown, yellow and red.Â
Untitled Rosario Dawson Project – Zac Hill
Monday, April 13, 2015 11:32 — 1 Comment
I had busted out my phone to read the Atlantic article about the woman with two skeletons, which holy fuck, which is why at first I missed her.Â
Music Notes
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 11:47 — 0 Comments
Hello! Below are three things happening in the town’s music scene that you might not be aware of. The point of this piece is brevity, so let’s jump right in! ***The 3rd Annual Pacific Northwest Songwriter’s Summit is Saturday from 1-9pm at the EMP and features a laundry list of stars talking about the craft. For example: a songwriting Panel featuring Tomo Nakayama, Shaprece, and Hey Marseilles with Jonathan Zwickel; a performance/interview with Marco Collins featuring the Grizzled Mighty; a recording Panel featuring Erik Blood, Jack Endino and Jeff Mcilwain with Jonathan Cunningham; another performance/interview with Marco Collins featuring Brandi Carlile; and a keynote presentation […]
Fuck More: A Liaison With Trannysaurus Rox
Friday, April 3, 2015 17:13 — 1 Comment
I caught my first glimpse of Trannysaurus Rox at their very first show, an evening of wonder and debauchery at The Josephine. At the time all I saw was a horsewhip held high above the crowd and later pieced that recollection together with another of a bearded-girl in assless chaps. I didn’t know who they were and neither did anyone else, but I knew they were worth looking into, so I got in touch with the lead guitarist and asked about meeting him at their next show… ASAP. He got back to me ASAP, saying that they were playing a show “TONIGHT” […]
Three Songs To The Head vol. 28
Wednesday, April 1, 2015 15:22 — 0 Comments
Hello and welcome back to Three Songs to the Head where we share three songs that moved us, three songs we love, three songs we can’t get out of our heads! Today, we’re featuring Red Heart Alarm, Aaron Mason, and The Dip. Enjoy!
Triple Threat at the Triple Door!
Wednesday, April 1, 2015 10:38 — 1 Comment
There’s a new variety show in town and it’s happening this Friday at the Triple Door. The lineup is impeccable, featuring writer Dan Savage, the fabulous Mama Tits and Monarch favorite Prom Queen, among others. Says the organizer behind the whole thing, Kimball Allen, “I love the concept of bringing a high-energy, high-class show to a premier venue such as The Triple Door. This town (greater Seattle) is bursting with talent, but I feel that we are failing when it comes to providing professional forums/opportunities for all (emerging and established talent) to be showcased.†Indeed, the city booms with talent, which […]
The answer isn't poetry, but rather language
- Richard Kenney
Book Release and Reading Feb. 6
January 6th, 2016
Hello fellow readers, travelers and Monarchians! Our first book, Traveling Light, written by Seattle author, Jim Brantingham, is now for sale! And we will be throwing a release party for it Feb. 6 at 6pm in Ravenna Third Place Books (on the corner of 65th and 20th NE). Jim will be reading from the book and there will be guest readers accompanying him. Space is limited, so we suggest you come early. Books can be bought through this link here or at Ravenna Third Place Books (which just ordered it’s second wave of books). We are super excited for this release and […]
